MRS. BROWN. No, he and Mrs. Davenant have been occupying different rooms ever since Peeksie came. Mr. Davenant got up once in the dark and kicked her.
ALL. Kicked Mrs. Davenant!
MRS. BROWN. No, Peeksie! He said it was by mistake but Mrs. Davenant was never quite sure that it was.
(MRS. TILSBURY goes to corner of room and arranges table.)
MR. VAN TOUSEL. That S.P.C.A. is a worthy society although the zeal of one member seems to have been misdirected in your case, Mrs. Brown. My mother is vice-president of one of its branches.
MRS. BROWN. Your mother seems to be vice-president in a good many societies, Mr. Van Tousel.
MR. VAN TOUSEL. Yes, in sixty-three.
MRS. BROWN. Any Suffragists’ Society?
MR. VAN TOUSEL. No. I regret to say my mother is an anti-suffragist. She says she has no time to vote. She calls herself an old-fashioned woman.
MR. BECKER. I should like to meet your mother, Van Tousel.